Islamic Art

[ImaginedWriter]

Classical Western art is superior, the Laocoon, the sculptures on the pediments of the Acropolis, the friezes depicting the battle beween the Lapiths and Centaurs surpass anything Islamic culture ever produced or could ever produce.

The same thing with the renaissance, Michelangelo's David is worth more than the whole of Islamic art combined in terms of beauty and perfection.

[PapooChumi]

we are one.. allah o akbar nice video

[SuperTruth77]

My wife taught Art at a school in the UK with a 90% Muslim intake- but is now in hiding in fear for her life.

Last year she instructed a class to draw pictures of “an elderly Arab man”. She then sent these away to a right-wing website where they were published on a page titled “Images of the Prophet Mohammed”.

She was hoping to make a point about perception being connected to context, but merely enraged the local community & Mullahs, who pronounced a ‘fatwa’ that she should be killed.

[a1775]

@SuperTruth77 such a lair..

[boozag123]

The Prophet Muhammad Pbuh said that there is no difference between an Arab and a non-arab other than their fear of Allah.

[djcarlwalker]

@boozag123 And that non muslims should be killed and you can smack your bitch up. What a guy

[boozag123]

@djcarlwalker nah, that part u just made up :)

[TheNarniaPostOffice]

Without doubt, some of the finest and most beautiful of architectures and designs of the Islamic era.

[GahdeMalprigi1488x]

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[glitch509]

Islamic art is very beautiful. It also has a distinct air of mistery to it.

[ZaydDepaor]

Beautiful classical Islamic art and architecture

[sushimonstaa]

I'd like to use the video for my class presentation of Islamic Art please :D

[whatsgoingonthen]

visually stunning the use of bright colours in architecture, is a feast to the eyes, the bluish colour particularly interesting, as good as any western building good post

[weeezeee111]

beautiful! and beautiful music too. Thanks for sharing.

[RumiMystic]

Beautiful video as well as the music .... I can't find this instrumental song By this group -Yansımalar. If anyone knows what its called I would greatly appreciate it !

Its not Serzeris :(

[dizziemasta]

This is a really helpful video. THANKS. I used it for my R.E Presentation on islamic art

[redbullz00]

Islamic art sure is the most elegant and beautiful to eye!!!!

[TheMushahidRaza]

i love islam and its art ....and i am proud to be a Muslim

[anieyEureka]

SO BEautiful...

[ngali7]

Beautiful video!!!

[KnightCrawler2]

What music is this? its beautiful!

[NewYorkCityAtittude]

@KnightCrawler2 its by yansimalar serzeris

[husseinkillos]

PersianEmpirepride, you are not true persian neither are you a true muslim , I can see that you are pretending as a persian but I can feel that you are trying to create hatred between the muslim, we are not that idiot , you moron, and we know people like you, go get a life , and by the way nice art long live muslims, and all human beings,

[TheColdDecember]

Just so you also know that as it is said only musical instruments are haram not singing and neither are natural sounds and therefore Muslims praise Allah with beautiful sounds by the way you should seriously do your research before you say such things.

[PersianEmpirePride]

the nomadic ppl suddnely changed to genious ppl in art :)) this art is becuz ppl from Bukara and other cities were so old and they were the oldest great civilized ppl befor islamic attack.befor islam forced them to be muslim.and islam said art is "haram" which means forbiden and music is HARAM ,but they kept creat beautiful things and they kept built beautiful buildings.islam couldnt fool them cuz they were great civilized ppl.read art history if u dont believe me,and read islamic history.

[TheColdDecember]

@PersianEmpirePride Just so you know art is not haram it was never haram it's just that a few people say that drawing humans is wrong and if it were haram you wouldn't see it on a mosques and music is considered to be wrong by some people

though it's not directly said so in the Holy Quran.

[lahij]

all religion must not mock art cartoon prophet muhammad or jesus all prophet is not good, it very important respect all prophet, west never understanad anything about art muslim

[makanali]

Fantastic video accompanied by beautiful music...Brilliant!!! Stop the squabbling and enjoy the union of differeing architectural styles bought into union by the banner of Islam!

By the way, what is the title of the music and artist?

[lahij]

i never know islam banned art, impossible, islam has mant halal & haram thing, artist is not bad it good

[TheTnseem]

الحمد الله على نعمة الاسلام

[alexinator88]

dude suck on the thing between my legs

[TheMaskTV]

I love south asian buildings like this, does any one know any architectural companies that design like Islamic artish mughal architecture like the taj mahal. even any companies in india or pakistan, not modern, the real deal like this. i want to erect such a building as my home back in jamaica when i retire and go back. lol, would be different in jamaica i know.

[cynicaloptimist999]

Islamic art is so incredibly complex and diverse, it's some of the most beautiful artwork in the world.

[Elbekn]

Thank you for upload. All buildings of that era are well preserved and in excellent condition. This is just from Samarkand and Bukhara alone. Samarkand is the 2nd most sacred place in Muslim world after Mecca(Imam Al Bukhari complex).

[Rohit84up]

i'm not even a muslim but i think islam and muslims are one of the best things on this earth. Their contribution to art, music, science, and over all humanity is beyond words.

Its sad the mostly you hear only negative things about this faith but it would be nice if you guys could promote such postive videos to soften the image of this great faith and followers.

[PersianEmpirePride]

@Rohit84up my friend it is not what islam creat? this is Persian or Indian or greek or other countries arts. all those scientists that they call them (Muslim's scientists)just born as Mulsim.becuz if u born as a mulsim u cant say u like or u dont like this religion.becuz they will kill u if u say I dont wanna be muslim.Islam werent agree with art and music.ISLAM said in Persia: ART is HARAM,MUSIC IS HARAM,GOLD IS HARAM....but Persian and Syrian and ...other countries didnt stop being creative.

[PersianEmpirePride]

@Rohit84up so, this isnt ISLAM or ISLAMIC ART. we dont have such a thing like :this religion art or that religion art. did u read anything about art? we have greek art,persian art,indian art,renesanse art,goutic art and....so many...we dont have christianity art!!!! islamic art!!!! budhism art!!! u know? Persian artists and architect built those thins.and islam didnt anything with their brain.they were creative becuz they were Persian or Indian or Paki or! u know what I mean.dont let them fool u

[NewYorkCityAtittude]

@Rohit84up God bless you ^_^. don't pay heed to this anti-muslim persianpride fake who's commented to you. I have Persian ancestry and Afghan myself . persia was suffering b4 Islam. I'm glad to see that a nonmuslim like you doesn't buy into the media crap that depicts Muslims as barbarians. there are 1.5 billion muslims out there today, are they behaving like barbarians ? no .

[decoralias]

My jaw falls every time I see these buildings. Superb.

[luigi12356]

Mashallah, i am quite the painter myself! But i have to hand it to Maroccons for their amazing woodcraft and mosaic tiles, i had my living room done by an expert, beautiful arab living room!

[decoralias]

As I can´t affort for a craft maker, I have had to learn to handle tools to have some beautiful pieces of art. :D

[videoscrszy5]

if u hate islam go away this is not ur place

[xxfarachaxx]

Masha'Allah!

[malikumairzafar]

ماشاء اللّٰہ، بھت حسین اور دلفریب!

[Firewall2153]

This heritage belongs to all human races that triumphed under the Islamic union & will never be the copy right of any ethnic group.

Islam is undisputedly the greatest ideology presented to the whole mankind as it is the ONLY doctrine/religion that broke all the boundaries between ethnic groups. No nationalistic call has ever been supported by Islam.

We dont care about the current media in projecting the distorted version of Islam since Christianity & Judaism went through the same tunnel.

[al3xxxxx]

@Firewall2153 saying islam is the greatest IS nationalistic and will doom it and corupt it like christianity and other so called non-peganistic religons have its only a matter of time not trying to bash anyone, i just read a lot of history and everytime someone forgets the past it allways repeats

the fall of monothelism is very soon

[djcarlwalker]

@Firewall2153 But iv read parts of the quaran and the final sermon and its worse than is portraid in the media! Much worse infact, the way it tells muslims to deal with non muslims and even their own muslim women is literaly disgusting! Women are not objects of man and should be treated with respect as equals!

[mewoone]

this art doesn't belong to arab or turk or iran .. it belong to ISlam

[uman43]

@mewoone Whatever this World called me. I am proud to be a Muslim and Love Islam forever from deep of my heart. No one can change me.

[PapooChumi]

@mewoone jazakallah we r one ..

[mid2theeast]

The music here is fantastic! I tried to search for yansimalar serzeris online, but couldn't find anything. Can you please tell me more about the music and where i can find more of the artist's work? Mashallah for a great presentation overall.

[blueinkonya]

Arts & nations & empires that had contributed to islamic art : Umayyad Art Abbasid art Spain and the Maghreb Egypt and Syria Iran and Central Asia The Ilkhanids The Golden Horde and the Timurids Syria, Iraq, and Anatolia India Ottoman Empire Mughals Safavids and Qajars

[virus0090]

yah i agree with blueinkonya and many other empires u didnt say and where , islamic art goes it mixed with new arts that already there but the basic stay the same the arabic writing from the quran

[killershot789]

no not india..... they have no art LOL only there statues XD

[blueinkonya]

According to the Encarta "Islamic art is developed from many sources: Roman, Early Christian, and Byzantine styles were taken over in early Islamic architecture; the influence of Sassanian art—the architecture and decorative art of pre-Islamic Persia was of paramount significance; Central Asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions; and Chinese influences had an important effect on Islamic painting, pottery, and textiles."

[ImMe1314]

I love this and islamic graffiti

[NewYorkCityAtittude]

@ImMe1314 you mean calligraphy lol. its not islamic grafitti

[gimmenick]

OMG most of this art is persian but im not sayin islamic art is all from iran, morocco art is truly amazing too btw the persian garden influenced the andalus garden, and also influenced the garden of taj mahal, every nation contributed to the islamic art but arabs had nothin b4 islam which is really a shame, they conquered all the civilisation and took from them without improving or doing any special arab architecture to them of their own

[ALSOBS3]

very nice

[SCUN88]

good job ,omrse

[gogobarigoga]

allah akbar hada jamil

[Edibaggio10]

this is muslim art. combined with persian, arabian and turkish culture

[iranovich2]

was ther art in arybia?!! this is hai jack from persian art {Iran}

[parandehdarya]

ya,islamic art orginated from persia during sasanid era.there was no art before muslim arab invaded persia.they were astonished by persian art and then used it in their buildings again by persian artists help.

[mmoorrooccoo]

ayopa

About numerals:

first in wekipedia every bdy can write what he want.

second: the indo-arabic numerals are those used in the abasside empire (al mashrek).in Al maghreb(morrocco and al andalus) we never used the mashrek numerals, we use sins centries what we call Al ghobar numerals( what the west call arabic numerals used now every where). and al mashrek never use al ghobar numerals.

later whene the pape sylvestr came to al karaouine universty, as a student, he introduced them in europe

[mmoorrooccoo]

Aryopa

about the architecture responding to you is a waste of time because what you say is stupide(realy sory but i have no other word to use). go make some shearch about islamique architecture . ( aljafariya palce, soulymanya mosqu, alhambra palce, isfahan mosque, al karaouiyne university, taj mahel, samarcand mosques and palaces).

islamique archetectural arts (not pharaonique or sassanide):zoulayj, phousaiphissa, arabic calligraphy, kouba, islamic styl gardens, minarets...

[aryopa]

most of what you are naming here are samples of the Persian architecture. I suggested for you the wikipedia because of it's easy access. Otherwise feel free to study some books such as Persian Architecture by Uphom Pope, Gardens of Persia by P. Hobhouse...

Again, art can't arise from the sleeves of any nation. It's always based on prior civilizations. that's a fact which you can't change even not by calling me "stupid" which is only an evidence for the typical ignorance you too are showing.

[mmoorrooccoo]

first im not calling you stupid, ok?

second: idont now what do you meane by "art can't arise from the sleeves of any nation" what Slaves??

the archtectur in iran maded by persiam yes i agree but muslum persian, this architechtur have no relation with pre- islamique persia.

And what about the morocco-andalous architecture? is it persian to??

what im trying to expline is the islamique persia architecture is very deffrent than the preislamique architectur of persia

everybody now that

[aryopa]

mmoorrooccoo,

not slaves but SLEEVES. it's English! take a look in your dictionary. Again, architecture of the islamic Iran is based on the pre-islamic Persian architecture such as the plans of the sacral buildings, plans of the Persian garden which was divided in 4 areas called "Chaharbagh" which was adapted in the gardens of Andalus. The technology of building a dome was invented by the Persians. Of course the style was different but ...continued

[mmoorrooccoo]

first i apologise for using the word stupid.

seconde: YES now i complitly agree with you, the islamique persian architecture for sur is based on preislamique techniques, and its very very normal, but i dosent mean that the architecture and the new technics are preislamique.

the western civilisation is based on islamique civilisation , but i dosent mean that the westerne civlisation is islamique.

[ImaginedWriter]

@mmoorrooccoo Western civilization is based upon ancient Greece and Rome, not Islam. Your Islamic "golden age" were you ended by retarding Indian mathematics and Greek philosophy was not original but informed mostly by ancient Persian, Greco-Roman and Indian culture. Even Islam is a cheap rip off of Judaism and parts of Christianity fused with arab paganism.

[aryopa]

mmoorrooccoo, continue

... but the new style was based on the technology provided by the pre-islamic Iran as before described. It was justt a small introduction in the principles of the development of architecture for free for you. No relation? Again where arose the architecture from? for sure not from the tents of the Bedouins in the Arab peninsula.

anyway as you said my arguments sound stupid to you and your ignorance does the same to me. I think there is nothing more to say.

[mmoorrooccoo]

about gardens: sorry, they have nothing to do with the pre islamique or islamique persia.

the designe of gardens(in al hambra and tajmahel for exemple)is based on the paradise model discribed on the coran, and every architecture specialiste now that.

sory about my inglish.

[aryopa]

every architect knows that the gardens you are referring to demonstrate the model of "Chaharbagh" which was developed in Persia from the 500 B.C on. (the name is also Persian, Chaharbagh = 4 Gardens). It's good that you mention the Paradise. Every scholar, every book can tell you that even the word "Paradise/Ferdows" is Persian and means simply "Surrounded Garden". thanks for reminding me of this strong evidence. the word AND the garden style was later adopted by islam. BTW, i AM an architect.

[mmoorrooccoo]

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first: paradise is JANNA not ferdaws and JANNA is Arabic. Ferdaws means the highest level in the paradiss. if you are an architecte you must to now that.

to be honest i never heard about "chaharbagh", im not an architect,but i saw a lot of westerne and arabes documaentary, and listen to a lot of architecte specialistes, and all of themee(exept you) sayed that the disigne in islamic gardens is directly inspired from the coran, and they have a special styl.

[mmoorrooccoo]

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what do you say is realy strange, im not sure if you want just prouve a thrute,(in this case i will happy to listen to you). or just fhiting anything islamic.( in that case im losing my time hear.

now if you dont mind i wanna now if you are denying the existance of an islamique art and architecture, different than any other in the history.

cose i dont now any more what is your opinion im lost hear.

thanks

[parandehdarya]

islamic art is in fact our zaroasterian art during sasanid era hiajacked by muslims.

[parandehdarya]

they are all pre islamic persian art.

[Energyium]

parandexxxx: you are an idiot

no wisdom jut a flake in the wind

[parandehdarya]

prove me if u can.

[mmoorrooccoo]

this documentary is very interesting, you can watch it on youtube if you want: "Paradise Found: Islamic Architecture and Arts".

[parandehdarya]

paradise=pardis=jannah.we invented paradise.persian gardens are soooo famouse.search for it

[mmoorrooccoo]

schizophreniathe pharaonic, persian, turkish arts befor islam, is deferrent than the art after the islamisation,(kouba calligraphy, gardens...)

thats whay we have now whats we call islamiq art, and islamiq civilisation.(nothin to do with sassanid and pharaonique art)

the numerals are arabic(north african) used in morocco and al andalus, thats why we dondt found them in the middl est. the indian (arabo-indian) numerals are those used now in egypt and the middl est.

[aryopa]

mmoorrooccoo,

regarding numerals see in wikipedia

where is stated that "Arabic numerals is the conventional name for the family of numerals, invented by Indian mathematicians in around AD 500"

regarding architecture you can read in wikipedia:

"Many cities such as Baghdad, for example, were based on precedents such as Firouzabad in Persia. In fact, it is now known that the two designers who were hired by al-Mansur to plan the city's design were Naubakht,a former Persian Zoroastrian.. continue

[mmoorrooccoo]

"But maybe denying is what islam teachs to its followers."

first: you now nothing about islam

second: i tork to you with respect,so...

[aryopa]

mmoorrooccoo, continue

... and Mashallah, a former Jew from Khorasan, Iran."

what the persian architects created in the islamic era was based on their knowledge and experience from the pre-islamic Iran. that's how the development of art works and it's nothing wrong with it BUT the moslems have to recognize what they owe to older civilizations and appreciate them instead of denying those contributions. But maybe denying is what islam teachs to its followers.

[Peace1seeker]

Beautiful, beautiful :-)

Thank you for making, posting and sharing with all.

Peace!

[acerb45666555]

Cest'Magnifique!! 5*****

[TheLionsEyes]

Beautiful, thankyou for sharing this.

[someonewhocansee]

Magnificent .. beyond beautiful .. thank you for sharing TheLionsEyes!

[amynafissa]

You couldn´t have chosen better music to accompany this! It is exquisite, and I´also hope to find out what it is. These are nice shots and they focus right on the art itself - well done.

[Edibaggio10]

what is the name of this song or instrumental?

[piroozz]

All these arts are the works of the Persian masters in the middle centuries. Arabs and Turks have had nothing to do with that. They were just nomads and had no art and civilization. They was just hostile and could force others to work for them. As they did to Persians in those times.

[mesgood25]

shutup you pratt what u talkin is utter b*****s

[piroozz]

Suck off you dirty arab bastard. In your whole arab shit world you can not find just one example of this arts.

[mesgood25]

learn to speak english first dumbo.....

when your president said there are no gay people in his country he was wrong ,,,,,

theres YOU......

[piroozz]

Shut up arab sucker. Everybody knows how gay you arabs are.

[jay12632com]

that was for "aryopa"

[jay12632com]

beautiful, where is this mosque located

[WidadSirkhotte]

viewing this vidoe, brought tears to my eyes. I saw the engravings, and thought about the time and effort those poeple had put in. somehow, I feel there passion for islam, thats the driving force that led to this beautiful art! Subhanallah! May Allah bless abd reward them for the fine work, and love for Allah.

[ALLISTON2007]

Very beautiful... Jazak Allaho Khairan for this well chosen video.

[striinngg]

good work; thanks..

[MALANG2000]

beautiful

[aryopa]

The entire "islamic Art Gallery" at the British Museum is made up of the Iranian Art. There are also a very few items from India and Turky but no single item from an arabian country. What islamic Art? Whithout Iran, India, Turkey and Egypt there would be no art which you could call "islamic". And if the egyptians have forgotten their non-arabic origin, the Iranians have not forgotten that they are not Arabas and our art is Iranian not islamic.

[xtremeownage2]

All of this is Islamic Art, created by Muslims.

[aryopa]

yes, islam has stolen and confiscated the identities and arts of nations wherever it arrived. again, Iranian art is Iranian. the spongening islam can't change it.

[mesgood25]

another arab bashing pleb

[im persian meeow] stick to chasin mice

[jay12632com]

I dont think thier is anything like islamic art, but i think that people put it to show the beauty of the reliegon and i am a muslim and ISLAM is the beauty of all reliegons.

[321cxz321]

first of all, there was nothing called Iran at that time, second thing it's called islamic art not arabic art. Egypt,Turkey,India and "Persia" became parts of the Islamic country.And their art was different from the islamic art.

[aryopa]

321cxz321, I suggest you do some studies. The name "Iran" is called on the Naqsh-e Rostam inscription by Shapour I from the Sasanian Dynasty who refers it to the country over which he ruled from 241 to 272 AD. Iran has been the name which the Iranians used for the same country which was called "Persia" by the Greeks. The Art which you call "islamic" was made up by the Iranians, Egyptians and later by India and Asia Minor which had a rich art and culture before islam. ...continue

[mmoorrooccoo]

the pharaonic, persian, turkish arts befor islam, is deferrent than the art after the islamisation,(kouba calligraphy, gardens...)

thats whay we have now whats we call islamiq art, and islamiq civilisation.(nothin to do with sassanid and pharaonique art)

the numerals are arabic(north african) used in morocco and al andalus, thats why we dondt found them in the middl est. the indian (arabo-indian) numerals are those used now in egypt and the middl est.

[aryopa]

321cxz321, continue

...Otherwise please explain Where do you mean came the "islamic" art from? From the sleeves of the Moslem invaders? Had the Moslems architecture, painting or mathematics before expanding from the Arabian Peninsula? Even the numerals which we know as "Arabic" are in fact Indian. There is nothing wrong about adopting other cultures but the moslems should be more appreciative instead denying those whom they owe their culture.

[halimaali]

If Islam is truth and beauty, then all art that expresses this harmony is 'Islamic'. Even the atoms and scientific laws are structured by geometry. All artists 'steal' the work and materials of the creator and originator of the universe.

ps my husband's family are supposed to have relatives from Bukhara from before the Russian revolution

[chazteddybell]

not stealing,but partaking....

[MirzoBobur]

yes u are right Bosni82, there are lots of beautiful art arounf the world. JUst ignore that sort of mans idea.

today ihave seen some art from roman empire, there are so magnificent as well as Ottaman turks art

[bosnia82]

Orthodox111, what do you do about islam and the islamic art?I studied Orientalistic in London and my Prof. said to me, that Islamic Art is the best art of the world (see Taj Mahal, Andulisia, Egypt, Mostar, Istanbul, Usbekistan, Pakistan etc.).You can study the Islamic Art in the several universities of the world and you say there is no Islamic Art; in which planet do you live??? You are only jealous of the Muslims, because Christians never build beauties like taj mahal or andulisia....

[chazteddybell]

err,check out Chartres Cathedral,my friend.Incidentally,built using pythagorean mathematics just like lots of islamic geometrical patterns.

[bosnia82]

Orthodox111, what do you do about islam and the islamic art?I studied Orientalistic in London and my Prof. said to me, that Islamic Art is the best art of the world (see Taj Mahal, Andulisia, Egypt, Mostar, Istanbul, Usbekistan, Pakistan etc.).You can study the Islamic Art in the several universities of the world and you say there is no Islamic Art; in which planet do you live??? You are only jealous of the Muslims, because Christians never build beauties like taj mahal or andulisia....

[AmiriBuxoro]

FUCK YOU FUCKING FUCKERS! I LOVE MY CITY AND THAT'S IT! even if i'm not there at the moment.

[MirzoBobur]

Wow, man delete this one plz. of you can't ask it;s poster.

[alpbukhari]

AmiriBukhoro. I always liked your well-balanced comments and i have a respect for your thoughts. But, please don't use "F" words. Swearing doesn't suit you! There is quite an interesting discussion is going on and all the views had to be respected, brother!

[omrse]

First of all, I am TURK and alhamdulillah I am so honored to have great ancestors who had a sense of mission in life. ALPBUKHARA just like you said, I also know that we have a history that goes back to 3000 years and all the cities that you mentioned surely existed long before 8th century. H O W E V E R, no one can historically claim the spectacular influence of our beautiful faith on our way of life and which is reflected on our buildings that still stand still as a testimony to this date.

[alpbukhari]

Chokh guzel,kardesh, bende uzbek-turkum, ve musulmanim, alhamdulillah! Ama biz arablardan onca gochan (nomad) degildik! If not our pre-islamic rich culture then who would build these magnificient cities. One can't become urbanised overnight. Actually I wasn not arguing cos as your claims r groundless there is nothing to argue over. Sorry for yelling though..

[alpbukhari]

Do u differntiate between desert & steppe? Uzbekistan is mainly desert and mountainious country. Nomadic steppe is in Kazkahstan. We - Uzbeksistanis didn't embrace culture after arabs made us mulsims! The reason you saw only islamic period buildings in our cities is -Arabs destroyed everything when they occupied us and our people had to rebuild them again but in islamic way this time. Also Mongolians did destroy many of our heritage too..

[alpbukhari]

Omrse, it's so wrong! I'm from Central Asias ancient city called - Bukhara. The city officially is 3000 years and it existed long before arabs came and made us muslims. Our cities - Bukhara, Tashkent, Samarkand, Khorezm (Algortyhm), Termez and etc, existed long before arabs came there. Alexander the Great was in Samarkand. Where did you get that we were nomads until Islam? Check the history before doing any claim, stupido!

[omrse]

All the photos I have taken in my trip to Uzbekistan they are all built by Muslims with an Islamic sense of art. So rather than argueing or yelling in this comment section, I would suggest you to sit down, relax and enjoy. One of the greatest characteristics of Turks is to show tolerance to other beliefs. We are all brothers... Arabs&Turks... East to West... Elhamdulillah!

[alpbukhari]

Do u differntiate between desert & steppe? Uzbekistan is mainly desert and mountainious country. Nomadic steppe is in Kazkahstan. We - Uzbeksistanis didn't embrace culture after arabs made us mulsims! The reason you saw only islamic period buildings in our cities is -Arabs destroyed everything when they occupied us and our people had to rebuild them again but in islamic way this time. Also Mongolians did destroy many of our heritage too..

[alpbukhari]

I;m not sayiong that buildings in uzbekistan are "not-islamic". Listen to me - you made a mistake by introducing us as "nomads before islamI - in no way - don't underestimate the power and inspiration we took from Islam had second renessanse under Islam.

[PersianEmpirePride]

@alpbukhari yes alpbukhari I TOTALLY AGREE with u.your information is exactly like what I read from history books.and we dont have such a thing like this religion art or that religion art.actualy what they call Islamic arts is actualy Persian arts and ISLAM forced them to stop being creative cuz islam said art is "HARAM" music is "HARAM" but Persian couldnt stop and they kept being creative and artistic. Mosque is built by Persian architecture,and thats totally persian architect,

[PersianEmpirePride]

@alpbukhari and if u are from Bukhara,u know that the great scientists are from Bukhara and u know that Muslims try to say they were Muslim scientists!!! I never understand what islam did with their brain or their IQ? they were scientists and they were great becuz of their race and their IQ.arab use to say AL-GEBRA invented by Muslims!!! what does it means by muslims?!nonsense! he was Persian from Bukhara.a Persian from Bukhara invented that.Muslims used to steal things (Im iranian by the way)

[alpbukhari]

Omrse, it's so wrong! I'm from Central Asias ancient city called - Bukhara. The city officially is 3000 years and it existed long before arabs came and made us muslims. Our cities - Bukhara, Tashkent, Samarkand, Khorezm (Algortyhm), Termez and etc, existed long before arabs came there. Alexander the Great was in Samarkand. Where did you get that we were nomads until Islam? Check the history before doing any claim, stupido!

[Friendsshare]

Xtremeownage has a suspended account. But he'll probably be back on another account. Nice discussion there, but it took me a couple seconds to ignore his name which is associated with MLG (major league gaming) and videogaming in general. I had to look past that.

[syeed372]

plz. allow me donload this video

[MirzoBobur]

It is so nice video, thanks

[fidis]

Thank you for your work. I enjoyed very much seeing my homecity, miss it a lot.

[AmiriBuxoro]

That's my city! thanks omrse u did great job my man! i love my city and inshaAllah i'll do my best in the near future for my city for it's development and restavration of those lovely buildings! i missed my city! can't stop tears thanks man thank you omrse!

[outsider28102811]

While it is true that Muslims did destroy others' arts at some times in history, we need to give them credit for lots of great work.

[Xtremeownage]

???? What work!

Us muslims barely get credit for what we've done1

Which is HUGE! And we dont get barely any credit for it!

And we made art!

[sektet]

muslims were and are thieves till today, they steal other nation arts and call it their own

[Xtremeownage]

Thieves?

We gave the world this type of arts and architecture!

YOU are a lier!

Western civilization and others stole from us!

Islamic civilizations ruled the world for a 1000 years where they produced many works of art, science, medicine, architecture, etc.

You dont know anything!

[ImaginedWriter]

@Xtremeownage Wrong Islam dominated from about 750-1100, a period of about 350yrs, by 1200 the Islamic caliphate was lying in ruins after the Mongols destroyed Baghdad and had spent the last 200yrs in mortal combat with wave after wave of Crusader armies entering Islamic territory at will.

Then for 200yrs the Mongols ruled the world with the largest empire yet known, by the 1400's Portugal and Spain start conquering global empires and European dominance continues to this day; 600+yrs.

[AmiriBuxoro]

you bastard where did u get this son of bitch?! muslims always do, done and will do only their not others understand! you are bastard!

[gigilalala]

I must say that it's not true. get more info please before talk. I am jewish but I have a great respect for islamic art. It's unique. Don't mix politics and arts ok?

[Xtremeownage]

Whats wrong wid u buddy!

Muslims didnt steal anything!

We made our empire! And rose and were the leaders of the world in all fields of education (math,science, technology, medicine,etc.)

You dont know anything!

[orthodox111]

Actually there is little that the "Islamic empire" did that was unique. For instance, most of the sciences and mathematics were passed on from ancient Greeks (perhaps the most outstanding of peoples antiquity has seen) by, not Muslims, but Syrian Christians who translated it from the Greek into Arabic. I might dare say that the Christians taught the Muslims what Greek scholars perfected....

[Xtremeownage]

Most? umm no. First of most sciences and mathematics were made by Muslims. And the translation was never done by syrian christians! What have u been smoking? Translations were always done by Muslims. And Also Europe would still be in the dark ages if they didnt copy the work of Muslims:)

[orthodox111]

Yes Medieval Muslims did contribute to such areas of study. But did they invent them, or begin their origin? Absolutely not. They merely utilized what was their scientific heritage to produce certain things - a definite influence from Greece, India, and pre-Islamic Iran.

The initial translations of the Greek scientists were done by Christians, not Muslims. Find me a reputable scholar who believes what you say.

[Xtremeownage]

The translations were done by muslims and yes every single great civilization (Roman, greek, islamic,)owes some of its work to previous civilizations. The romans, greeks did not invent the areas of studies either. But they improved on it immensly. Just like the Muslims who did not invent the area of study but improved on them immensly!

[orthodox111]

The foundational works of the ancient Romans and Greeks cannot be equated with the Muslims, who, hundreds and hundreds of years later, came upon a society already well-established in the sciences. Yes, they didn't "invent the area of study" per se..but they sure invent technologies and conceptions that have profoundly affected an array of empires to come.

[Xtremeownage]

HAHA no arabia was a desert! The place was illiterate and the people didnt know anything until Islam came and freed people from ignorance! And then began an empire bigger than the Greeks or Romans! And the sciences, arts, technologies, etc. Surpassed them too!

[aryopa]

orthodox111, you are absolutely right. But I don't believe that you are going to convince ignorant fanatics.

[orthodox111]

(continued) ...As for asthetics, take for instance Ottoman Muslims whose architecture were based directly off of Greek Orthodox church plans (namely the Agia Sophia). Also, Islamic art owes much to native Persian art - hardly unique.

[Xtremeownage]

I could easily say that the Greeks owe its success to the work of Ancient Egyptians. But that would be ignorant. Because althought the fact was true that many greeks looked up to ancient egyptians. But most of the work the greek empire did was by themselves. Similarily the Muslims looked at other civilizations! But most of the work (science, math, technology, etc.) was done by Muslims!

[orthodox111]

Oh there was a definite exchange of ideas between Ancient Greece and Egypt. But that's not to say one was totally indebted to another. See, my friend, the Arabs came out of Arabia rather ignorant, as far as academia is concerned. They were in the shadow of two great empires; Byzantium and Peria. It is natural, in their conquests, that they took what was already there and utilized it.

[orthodox111]

Islam owes a lot to surrounding Near Eastern civilizations, particularly Hellenic civilization - definitely a huge debt owed there, as it was its originator and parent in all the areas you mention: math, science, technology, medicine, etc...

[Xtremeownage]

not at all. Islamic civilizations work was done 99% by the Muslims! Dont be ignorant. Its the truth!

[orthodox111]

I agree the work in the medival ummah was carried out by Muslims. But that doesnt justify their "inventions" (if we want to call them that) as absolutely unique and miraculous (as some people like to do, in sugar-coating its history). You mentioned that Islam doesnt get enough credit? Try again and look at such ancient scholars such as Erastosthenes, Ptolmey, Diophantus of Alexandria, Hippocrates, Archimedes, etc.

[believer19]

Mushillah this is a great video

May Allah(swt) watch over the Ummah .

[Shapur1]

very inspiring

[neeshaan]

Excellent !..Thankz for posting :)

[Xtremeownage]

loved this. Alhumdulillah

[noakhrot]

subhanallah

[khalafism]

I would love to have already met my Lord had it not been for three blessings in this world - that is:

- To prostrate my forehead on the ground before Him.

- To sit in gatherings that favour the good word, which is like opting for the better dates on a platter.

- And finally, for the opportunity to fight in His cause, to proclaim His word, and to establish his religion on earth.

Umar bin Al-Khattab (radiallahu annhu)

[bassimo]

tabarak allah ,allaho akbar soubhana allah wal hamdoulillah

[Swamibu]

Mashallah